You can notice that the corbel at the right is only three stone-layers high, whereas the corbel at the left is 9 stone-layers high. The advantage of the darker photo is that it shows the profile of the walls and the corbel vaults. The processing of the RAW format we do in Adobe Photoshop. With SilverFast 9 software your raw file is 422.5 MB, quality MEGAbytes. This is noticeably better than the helpful SilverFast 8 software that comes with the scanner. This decades-old 35mm color slide was scanned with SilverFast 9 software. The JPG format reduces the file to 27.3 MB (DNG format) is a whopping 422.5 MEGAbytes. If you are an architectural historian, or an archaeologist, it helps to be able to see inside this Maya corbel vaulted passageway under this stairway. But first we need to scan thousands of slides so we can select the pertinent aspects of art and architecture. Then a separate entire day on iconography: Maya deities, Xibalba, symbols of warfare, examples of Teotihuacan symbolism in Maya art, celestial symbols in the Sky Bands, etc. The idea would be to have an entire day of PowerPoint presentations on the different topics related to palaces, temples, acropolises. So our long-range goal is to prepare these lectures on Maya architecture and on Maya iconography. How did the Classic Maya make “cement” and plaster?Ībout two years ago the Ah Cacao guide’s association of Tikal asked for training courses for their guides.Ballcourt architecture (most reconstruction drawings omit the wide steps (best seen around the main ballcourt at Copan).Masonry benches and thrones in Maya palaces.Interior stairways inside multi-story palaces (Tikal, Santa Rosa Xtampak, etc.).Monster Face Mouths as entrance to Chenes style temples and palaces.Wooden cross beams in Maya temples, palaces and royal tomb chambers.Lintels: wooden in Peten and solid stone especially at Yaxchilan, Bonampak and Puuc.Roof comb size, shape, and engineering and differences per regional style.Wooden ceilings in Maya sweat baths, palaces, and royal tombs.The first topics we are working on are:Ĭorbelled vaults of Classic Maya architecture Since I began my career in Maya archaeology as a student of Architectural Sciences at Harvard (1960’s), I am now returning to prepare PowerPoint presentations on Classic Maya architecture. The reflective target option generates a color profile for the scanning of “top-view” material, such as photo prints, while the transparent target option generates a color profile for the scanning of translucent film materials, such as slides.Our goal is to scan our 35mm color slide photos of Classic Maya architecture All around the world, companies trust the unflinching quality of LaserSoft Imaging targets. LaserSoft Imaging produces its own IT8 target, ensuring the highest precision in target production. LaserSoft Imaging now provides color calibration targets according to the previous IT8 standard 12641-1 as well as according to the new design 12641-2. LaserSoft Imaging is a major contributor to the creation of this new standard, which can be recognized as a milestone for an advanced and more accurate color calibration. As part of this committee, LaserSoft Imaging was very closely involved in the drafting and elaboration of this new standard until it has been adopted by the ISO Commission. There is ISO standard 12641 for these targets, which has been enhanced by the ISO committee with Part 2 in December 2019. A “Target” is a type of measuring table that calculates the exact color recognition capability of a scanner and identifies the singularities of said scanner.
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